Social Movements in Global Politics, Hardcover by West, David, ISBN 0745649599, ISBN-13 9780745649597, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

In the face of states' difficulties in managing current social, economic and political crises, West (politics, Australian National University) highlights what lies beneath tradition power structures: social movements. He aims to elucidate this extra-institutional dimension of politics by focusing on the activities of social movements, whether progressive, conservation or radical, religious or secular, short-term or long-term, all in a global context. Nine chapters are divided into three parts: foundations; social movements in contemporary politics; theories of social movements. Part I defines social movements in modern politics, while part II discusses the "new politics" vis-a-vis culture and identity, survival, and exploitation, and part III covers different approaches to theories of social movements. This interesting and readabl is for scholars and students of political science, as well as the interested general reader. Distributed by Wiley. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()